What drives you to succeed: My parents, teammates, and coaches. Also achieving the goals I set for myself.

The best advice you've received: "To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."

Pregame ritual: I get food and nap with teammates Hailey Dobbins, Emily Ehle, and Maddie Cook. Then we have our traditional pre-game dance party and I put everyone on my teams eye black on.

Funniest moment of the season: When my team was having our pre-game dance party before our last game of the season, the state finals game, our coaches joined in for the first time. It was extremely funny. We also made a Harlem Shake video.

What drives you to succeed: When I was out with an injury two summers ago and couldn’t play, I realized how much I love lacrosse. Everytime I step on the field, I give it my all because I don’t know if it will be the last time I play.

Pregame ritual: Before each game, I have a bowl of apple cinnamon oatmeal, listen to my favorite playlist, and have my teammate, Abbie Reed, braid my hair.

Funniest moment of the season: The funniest moment of the season was when the team captains and I went to “Bridge Street” before our Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund Benefit Game. We were all really nervous to be on TV, so we couldn’t stop laughing.

What's next: To win two NYS championships, then play Division 1 college lacrosse

Season stats: 47 goals, 13 assists for 60 points

What drives you to succeed: I always strive to be the best player on the field and to play with the most heart. I have been taught to stop at nothing to achieve my goals.

The best advice you've received: Play for the little girl who fell in love with the game and never stop pushing yourself to be the best.

Pregame ritual: I have always done my own thing before games. Usually after laughing hysterically with 'The Sophomores' of the team, I listen to music to get focused. When my team warms up I play with my stick to make sure my pocket is the way I like it and to feel comfortable handling the ball.

Funniest moment of the season: One of the funniest moments of the season was when our team played an April Fools joke on Coach Rowe while in our hotel during our NYC trip. Nonetheless, jokes like that are common occurrences on our team, and honestly, we don't hang out on hotel roofs.

What drives you to succeed: What drives me to succeed is my faith, my famiy and my coaches. I want to be the best I can be with no regrets and setting a good example along the way.

The best advice you've received: "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble, but take heart! I have overcome the world." John 16:33 "Never take the ability to do the things you love for granted." "Play every game like its your last."

Pregame ritual: Before and after each game I pray. My mother sends me a pre-game text message with a Bible verse that motivates me and puts me at ease. I also wear eyeblack 7's.

Funniest moment of the season: The funniest moment of the season for me was when our bus driver yelled at us to stop making so much noise on the way back from a big win so one of my teammates let out a very loud scream about a minute later and the bus driver almost stopped completley on the highway and screamed at us through the speakers.

What drives you to succeed: My dad has always been the driving factor for me to do my best in everything that I do, especially lacrosse. He keeps me grounded and he never lets me forget where I come from. He works hard for our family of nine so I work hard to make him proud.

The best advice you've received: "It's got to be the going, not the getting there that's good." My dad always says that to remind me to enjoy the little things along the way because it's more about the journey, not the destination.

Pregame ritual: My pregame meal is always a bowl of angle hair spaghetti with red sauce made by my teammate Audrey Cerrone. After we eat we usually blast music throughout her house and that helps us get pumped. Then once we get to the school we meet with the rest of our team for our pregame “rage.” Which is just when we take over the girls locker room and turn off all the lights, turn on the strobe light and blast our music. This helps us get all of the jitters and excitement out because once we step out of the locker room we walk out silent and ready to take care of business. I always have to walk next to Ally Burrows on the way to the field. Once stepping on the field I have special stick shakes with many of the girls on my team.

Funniest moment of the season: When my coach was in the middle of telling us our stats from the previous game at water break and one of my teammates interrupted him with a fart, her face was priceless. We all died laughing, including our coaches.

What drives you to succeed: My sister. We have alittle bit of competition between us where we always want to be better than each other so that has driven me to push myself and be better than I know I can be

The best advice you've received: My dad read me a quote once that said "There's no reason to get up in the morning unless you're planning to do the best and doing everything you can to get there."

Pregame ritual: Listening to the same songs on the bus with Maddie then putting our gum wrapers in the side of her bag

Funniest moment of the season: Shaving two of our coaches' heads at the end of the season. They told us that if we won states we could shave their heads so that's what we did.

What's next: I will be attending Le Moyne College in the Fall where I plan on majoring in Communications.

Season stats: 43 goals, 12 assists

What drives you to succeed: My family. They are always there to support me and encourage me. I am driven to succeed because I want to make them proud.

The best advice you've received: Shoot for the moon because even if you miss it you are bound to land among the stars.

Pregame ritual: This ritual happened later in the season when we were going into sectionals. Abbey Foote would find four leaf clovers and give them to a select group of players. So, before every game I would kiss the clover and place it in my left sock. I have to say it worked pretty well.

Funniest moment of the season: When Mackenzie Porch split my lacrosse stick in half when we were doing one v ones during practice. I guess it was payback for me accidentally running over her lacrosse stuff with my car.

What drives you to succeed: I love playing lacrosse, and each time I step on the field I make sure to do my best and have fun.

The best advice you've received: "Don't think. Just play"

Pregame ritual: To be honest I do not have a pregame ritual. I just like to keep myself calm, focused and get a good pregame warmup.

Funniest moment of the season: After scoring on myself during one of our earlier season games there was a joke that I had the best shooting percentage on the team. Coach Lundblad didn't seem to think it was too funny.

What drives you to succeed: My determination and dedication to always push myself to hustle until the final buzzer.

The best advice you've received: There is no secret to success except hard work.

Pregame ritual: My mom would always tell me "head, heart, hustle" from the scorer's table before the start of every game.

Funniest moment of the season: My coach put the ball in a mud puddle on the field and we had to box each other out for the ball. It was like mud wrestling.

COACH OF THE YEAR

Lloyd Hamilton

Cicero North Syracuse

Season record: 14-5

Career record: 31-20

Most memorable moment of the season: Winning our sectional semifinal game against West Genesee!

Greatest accomplishment: We are still working toward our goal of bringing C-NS back as a sectional power, but we are getting closer!

What did you learn this season: Age is not relevant when you have great lacrosse players!

My players think I’m crazy when I … When I relate situations that occur during practice to corny, obscure sayings that they have never heard before. For example, when they are walking to the next drill I say "Let's go, not even the mailman walks!"